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From: "Beth Arnold" <beth_arnold@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Modem problems -- possible newbie question
Date: 25 Jun 1997 02:39:45 GMT
Organization: On my notebook
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I just installed FreeBSD for the first time and can't get my modem to work.
It is a USR Sportster 33.6 modem without Plug and Play support that works
fine under Windows NT. I am using version 2.2.2 of FreeBSD. I have tried
putting it on all different com ports and at different IRQ settings.
Originally, I used the default settings on the modem. Com 2 IRQ 3. That
didn't work so I enabled the sio2 and sio3 ports. I used the sio2 default
(0x3e8-0x3ef, IRQ 5). I then changed the jumpers on the modem to the com3
irq 5 settings. I tried com4, irq 5. There are no conflicts. Everything
looks ok at boot.
ex: On com 4, IRQ 5 the sio thing looks like:
sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 5 on isa
sio3: type 16550A
I always have the same problem
I start user process ppp and then type "term". It looks like it is
working, but when I type "AT" or other modem commands nothing happens. The
AT doesn't appear on the screen, the modem doesn't say or do anything.
Does "ifconfig: interface ppp0 does not exist" during boot mean anything?
BTW, how do I get rid of that annoying "login: login_getclass: unknown
class 'root'" message when I log in?
Thank you,
Beth
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